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0. J. KLINKA.

HAND PLANTBR.

No. 391,749. Patented O t. 23, 1888.

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CHARLES J. KLINKA, OF MILWAUKEE, \VISGONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO PAUL SOHIVARTZ, OF SAME PLACE.

HAND- -PLANTER.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,749, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed December 27, 1887. Serial No. 258.975. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. KLINKA, of

Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand- Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to hand-planters; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section on line 2 2, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, a similar section 011 line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a staff, and B a seed-box connected to the upper end of the staff by means of a corner iron, 0. One side of the seed-boX is extended down a certain distance below the upper end of the staff, and in the space between this extension and said staff is arranged a disk, D, that has its periphery provided with a seedpocket, E, in which I place a plate, F, that impinges against a spiral spring, G, said plate being equal in area to the pocket. A screw, H, passes through the plate F and spring G to enter the solid portion of the disk, and by operating this screw the depth of the seedpocket may be regulated.

The bottom I of the seed-box B is inclined upon its upper face and provided with an opening, J, and the seed-pocket E of the disk D is normally in register with said opening. Keyed to the shaft K of the disk D is a pinion, L, that meshes with a rack, M, on a slide bar, N, the latter working in guides O I, respectively secured to the staff A and seed-box B. The upper end of the slide-bar N has a lug, a, to engage a slotted ear, Q, ona yoke, R, that forms part of a handle, S, the latter being journaled in the upwardly-extended sides B of the seed-box B, as best illustrated in Fig. 2. The lower end of the slide-bar has a lug, b, to engage a slot, 0, in the arm T of a bifurcated lever that is fast on a shaft, U, the latter being journaled in bearings d on the staff A. The other arm, T, of the bifurcated lever is provided with a lug, e, to engage the slotted end of a crank-lever, V, the latter having its horizontal portion journaled in the end walls of a chamber, WV, that is secured to the lower end of the staff A, and fast on this horizontal por tion of said crank-lever within the chamber is a valve, X. One side wall of the chamber hfS a portion thereof bulged out, as shown at f, to form a pocket, and connecting said chamber and downwardly-extended side of the seed-box B is a spout, Y, the upper end of the latter being cut away upon the inner side to permit the entrance of the disk D. Adjustable on the slide-bar N is a'stop,Z,designed to come against the bearing 1? on the seed-box to limit the upward movement of said bar.

The several parts above enumerated as composing my planter are normally in the position shown by the drawings, and the operation of my device is as follows: WVhen the handles is turned in its bearings to raise the yoke R, the

slide-bar N is actuated to cause the rack portion M thereof to operate the pinion L, thereby partially rotating the disk D to cause the seedpocket E therein to discharge its contents into the spout Y. At the same time, through its lever-connections with the slide-bar N, the valve X is brought to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, and the seed delivered in the spout fallsdown into the pocket f of the chamber. When the handle S is given a reverse movement to that just described,the disk D' and valve X are brought back to their normal position, and the seed in the chamber W drops into the ground.

By the construction above described I pro vide a very simple hand-planter that can be readily manufactured at a comparatively low price, and which has no parts liable to break or get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hand-planter, the combination of a staft,a seed-box supported thereby,a chamber connected to the lower end of the statf, a valve located in the chamber and provided with a crank-lever, a disk having a pocket in its periphery to register with an openingin the bot tom of the sced-box, a spout leading from the disk to the chamber, and suitable means for simultaneously actuating said disk and crank lever, substantially as set forth.

2. In a hand-planter, the combination of a seed-box having an opening in its bottom, a staff supporting the seed-box, a chamber connected to the lower end of the staff, a valve located in the chamber and provided with a crank-lever, a disk having its periphery provided with a pocket to register with the seedbox opening, a spring-supported plate adjustably arranged in said pocket, a dischargespout, and suitable means for simultaneously actuating the disk and crank-lever, substantially as set forth.

3. In a hand-planter, the combination of a seed-box having an opening in its bottom, a staff supporting the seed-box, a disk having its periphery provided with a pocket to register with the seed-box opening, a discharge spout, a chamber secured to the lower end of the staff and communicating with the spout, a valve located in the chamber and provided with a crank-lever, a pinion on the disk-shaft, a rackbar arranged to mesh with the pinion, a leverconnection between the rack-bar and crank-lever, and suitable means for actuating said rackseed-box having an opening in its bottom, a staff supporting the seed-box, a disk having its periphery provided with a pocket to register with the seed-box opening, a discharge-spout,a pinion on the disk-shaft,a rack-bar arranged to mesh with the pinion, a stop vertically adj ustable on the rack-bar, and suitable means for actuating said rack-bar, substantially as set forth.

5. In a handplanter, the combination of a staff, A, the seed-box B, disk D, provided with the pocket E, the pinion L on the disk-shaft, the sliding bar N, provided with the rack M, the handle S, connected to the upper end of the sliding rack-bar, a bifurcated and pivotal lever connected to the lower end of said bar, the chamber W at the lower end of the staff, the valve X, located in the chamber,the cranklever V, connecting the valve and bifurcated lever, and the spout Y, leading from the disk to said chamber, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. KLINKA.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, WILLIAM KLUG. 

